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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: A phase plug as a tool or as a remedy? by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
[quote user="ulf"] Well, it was not really a surprise to us that the horn without the phase plug was dissapointing. Without the plug we had a horn that was a bit too short, had too large front cavity and less compression than we desired. [/quote] It...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Ok, I will bite. by Romy the Cat on 2019-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
[quote user="jackydai"]My basic point is: the flare rate has to be coherent right from the entrance of phase plugs. In this sense, not even Bruce and Sam did it right, I’m afraid to say. In many cases the driver and the horn are designed by diffe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Physiological limits by decoud on 2013-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamamura's 6 ways in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
Zero phase filtering would not require a reference: the signal is just run through the filter in forward and reverse. But there is another filter to consider here, a physiological filter - presbyacusis - that means Yamamura's hearing threshold above ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: 120db/oct without phase shift by cv on 2013-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamamura's 6 ways in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
I bet Yamamura is using non-causal filtering... this is all running off a  music server, so could process everything offline.This makes it possible to do forward-backward filtering - you run the filtered signal "backwards" through the original filter...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: New solutions by unicon on 2009-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tightening to loosening Screws ? no fake... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
i found the Fujitsu ten team (Eclipse co) brand new.they have paid the desired attention to subject.http://www.coherent-audio.de/download/e_TD712z_Catalog.pdfthey dont refer their technics in baffle assembly is correcting time domain(phase)but surely...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: DSP ULF? by Paul S on 2021-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ULF: where is the borderline....? in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
I forget if you started out by setting the phase and level(s) of your ULF with DSP to begin with. Not to cave in to herd mentality, but it might be "worth it" to rent a DSP/D (servo) amp(s) combo to play with. If nothing else, that amp has to modulat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Digital Clock accuracy and sound quality by custodian on 2015-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth of CD clocking = True/False in Didital Things  15 Replies 
New member, first post, so go easy on me!Ive been playing around with clocks in digital audio for a while. Current system uses a DCS Scarlatti stack with the Scarlatti clock. Synching to the Scarlatti clock rather than using the Scarlatti DAC as mast...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Compression driver phase plug types by AJ on 2012-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression driver phase plug types in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Hello,This is my first post to this site, which I have been absorbing for over a year.A horn project that I have been considering would include either a 1 inch or 1.5 inch throat compression driver into a Tractrix profile horn of which I have not yet...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: The sound of lenses? by be on 2008-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
I suspect that your negative views about on axis listening due to sensitivity to listening position must be to some narrow angle on axis frequency anomaly of the driver/horns you tried.If you insist to use chromatic aberration as a working hypnosis!!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: Addition of harmonics by el`Ol on 2007-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
I wouldn´t talk about "wrong polarity", rather about "dislike of the resulting harmonic spectrum". Wonder how the result would be with phase-correct FIR filters for the RED....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #402: Taking turns out of coils in search of prodigious balance by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"]Are there any signs for worsened transient response of your midbass channel due to the sharp electrical filtering?[/quote]Nothing that I note. The transient response of your midbass channel is a bit tricky thing as the way how...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: I hope that good news will come later this week. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="msaudio"]Putting The Mid Bass horns behind your head will not work. This thread was about Mid Bass Horns Project, do you thank you will be able to use any frequency above 80 cycles with rear fired horns that are behind your head? Tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: It looks like a synergy horn with 2 15" woofers by rowuk on 2021-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Danley's Hyperion in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I suspect that the 8" and 5" cones and 1" compression driver are in the Danley Signature Synergy multiple entry horn. This creates a physically phase aligned point source above 45 Hz and probably a bunch of diffraction. The double 15" woofers are an ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #219: It's not in the AC polarity by DSH on 2008-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="DSH"]Thanks Romy. On the AC polarity do you mean playing with the player/amp polarity or with the PP one? I always try to have all devices to be in phase.Denis[/quote]I tried all the options on the polarity last day and it appeared this ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Re: ribbons, ribbons, ribbons. Ribbons? by Paul S on 2006-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
I believe that the Arum Cantus is typical of most ribbons in mirroring one of the principal failings of MC cartridges, a rising top end (over 20k), although I have not actually heard this - at all - with my own small Arum Cantus, and I just go n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: I added some pixes of the A.L.E. system... by twogoodears on 2009-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio-tekne's "Tone Quality Improvement technique" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
... in Bologna, Italy I previously quoted... a 5 ways system using also the bass-horn and driver, ALL "Super" series... a tycoon system, price-wise...http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2009/10/wjaas-best-of-crop-ale-acoustic.htmlRoman: would you please ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Not a compound horn? by serenechaos on 2008-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
You're using a phase plug?  Why?  To try to get it to go higher?  If using parallel drivers, and doubling Sd, it may be necessary to change throat area to not damage drivers...  The third design type sounds quite differe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Re: la scala by hagtech on 2006-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RMAF06 Show Report in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
But aren't the vented ports out of phase with the horns?  Or is there some way to  mechanically cross them over with time alignment?  Or maybe it just doesn't matter at those frequencies.jh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Real Time by Paul S on 2008-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Well, I'm stuck on the idea that whatever it is will somehow provide/enhance space/ambience.  Maybe you've found some type of HF with "traction", or something that sounds like it has HF traction, to sister with the Water Drop, or maybe you ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Re: Lower voltage by hagtech on 2006-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Interesting results.  Funny thing about that sweet spot.One thing you might try is to add the output from a 12.6V secondary to the primary side of the B+ tranny.  Out of phase.  This can be a resonably small transformer that could fit ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #555: Converters by Paul S on 2010-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Small-ish shop machinists and others who really benefit from the solid reliability and efficiency of 3-phase motors all use rotary converters, which run all day, every day, without complaint. Yes, they are noisy; but they will also drive some cab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Romy, Are 2 Rear Channels "Enough" RI? by Paul S on 2023-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy the Cat's Audio recommendation: the biggest bang fo... in Audio For Dummies ™  46 Replies 
Gotta say, it's nice having great stereo front channels; but the way typical stereo is done ensures that the "sense of space" typically "stops behind the speakers". I messed around with big OB speakers for many years, and they made some nice room eff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: time alignment by stuck.wilson on 2007-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Driver Alignment, and Where to Draw the Line in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
hey jessie-I've wondered the same thing-- and the more i end up twiddling around with it, the more I think it really either comes down to good measurements, or  good listening!  And in fact.. probably both in conjunction!I have a small 2 wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Phase split by N-set on 2012-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Staxquiades project in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] Anotheraxiom was to make it DC coupled so that there is nothing but tubes in the chain.[/quote]Of course I was not very precise here: not pictured but a 1:1+1 phase splitting input transformeris inevitable...still I believe it is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Link to Old Photo by Paul S on 2017-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wilson Audio and the Moore's law in Audio News  23 Replies 
Maybe this link will work, so others can see the original WAMMs I have been referencing. Yes, they had "phase issues", but  -  like I've said -  I have not since heard better from Wilson.http://www.stereophile.com/taxonomy/term-a/168?page=8Scroll dow...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: uhmmm ... by Markus on 2007-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Hi Romy,I usually manage to read you quite well, but this [quote user="Romy the Cat"] direct or indirect phase constructors.[/quote]has me baffled. What do you mean, please?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Set Amp/speaker by Amir on 2022-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Always check power-line polarity. in Audio For Dummies ™  11 Replies 
I have not read this book (the wood effect) and if you have shopping link please sent it to me.I am not sure but It seems even amplifier speaker connection is important for sound.In past I have inverted the signal phase in my DAC and also inverted sp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Cost/Benefit by Paul S on 2017-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remote control, problems, money and stupid journalism in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
I defy anyone to "hear" the relays in my TVC/attenuator. In any case, who wants to get up to change volume, or balance, or phase, or to mute the system? Does anyone remember that Lamm started out by offering VR meters on his amp, but he deleted them ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #185: Two separate individuals by martinshorn on 2017-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
priviet. I tried many ways. I cut the front outside faceplate open, and put a second driver on it. So that two drivers were firing onto each other face to face in one single hornthroat, rest normal single K. To my surprise the output didn't increase ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #218: This weekend by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
This weekend wife told me that I should not do nothing else but to fix my playback and this was exactly what I wanted to do. Yesterday I took good 14 hours to play with it, moving boxes, trying to find a good configuration, making measurements, th...
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